Game apparatus.



B. A. LEFEBRE.

GAME APPARATUS.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 16,1912.

. 1,098,51 Patented June 2,1914.

UNITED STATES ratrnnr OFFICE.

EDWARD A. LEFEBRE, O3? BROOKLYN, NENV YORK, ASSIGNOR TO MARBLE RANGEMANUFACTURING (10., OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

GAME APPARATUS.

Application filed September 16, 1912.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 2, 1914.

Serial No. 720,452.

To all echo/a it may concern Be it known that I, EDWARD A. Lnl nnnn, ofBrooklyn, in the county of Kings and in the State of New York, ha veinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Game Apparatus, and dohereby declare that the fol.- lowing is a full, clear, and exactdescr1pt1on thereof.

My invention relates particularly to an in'lprovement upon the game ofmarbles, and similar games.

The object of my invention is to providea game involving the use ofmarbles which is adaptt-id to recordv the shots made by the player, andupon an apparatus which may be conveniently used upon any table or anyportion of the floor. i A further object of my inventlon isto provide anapparatus of this kind whlch may be readily set up and dismantled, andwhich is exceedingly simple and cheap to manufacture.

While my invention is capable of embodi ment in many different forms,for the purposes of illustration l have chosen one particular form of myinvention and have shown it in the accompanying drawings, in which--Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device shown in the position inwhich it is ready to be used; Figs. 2, 3 and 4t are plan views of thethree parts of the device used for supporting the target; Figs. 5 and 6are views, respectively, of the outer and inner targets which aresupported by the members shown. in Figs. 2, 8 and 4t, and, Fig. 7 is aplan view of the edge of the target shown in Fig. 5. l

Referring to the drawings, I make useof a target support made up of apair of srde pieces 1 and 2. The side piece has ncarlts end a hole 3 toreceive a projection st having a notch 4c in one side thereof, carriedupon the end of the other side piece 2 to form, in effect, a tenonjoint. Each of the side pleces has, furthermore, a diagonally directedhole 5 to receive, in a similar manner, a pro ection 6 carried upon eachend of a transverse support 7. The entire apparatus is maintained in itsassembled form, owing to the inclination of the walls of the holes 5 andthe notch 4a, which springs against the side of the hole 3. Each of theside pleces l and 2 has a vertical slot 8 adjacent to the transversesupport 7, the purpose of which is to receive a pair of flexible targets9 and 10, preferably made of iaper. The target 9 has a black bulls-eyeat its center and a plurality of concentric rings, the rear of thistarget being provided with a surface prepared with duplicating carbon inorder to make an impression upon the target 10 in the rear thereofwhenever the outer target is hit by a marble 11. it will he noted thatthe inner target 10 has a white center in order to register the marksmade upon the bulls-eye.

The apparatus is easily assembled by holding the side pieces 1 and 2parallel and inserting the projections 6 upon the transverse support 7througl'i the diagonally directed holes The side pieces 1 and 2 are thenturned into a position at an angle to each other and are locked togetherby the insertion of the projection at into the hole 3. Au inner target10 and an outer target 9 are now placed in the vertical slots 8. Theapparatus can then be placed at any pointupon a table or upon the floorand used as a tar get for marbles or any similar missiles orprojectiles. Whenever one of the projectiles hits the target 9, thepoint of impact is indicated upon the inner target l0 by an impressionmade by the carbon surface between the two targets. When a particulargame has been finished, the targets may be removed and a fresh reartarget inserted to make a new record for the succeeding game. In thismanner a series of records may be automatically obtained showing theaccuracy of the shooting of the participants in the game, and theindividual will. be also thus enabled to ascertain, from time to time,whether or not progress is being made in the accuracy of the shots. Theapparatus may be dismantled by a reverse series of ope ations to thosealready described. hen dismantled, the apparatus occupies a very smallspace, owing to the fact that it is comprised of a series of short barsor plates of the same thickness and width, and a plurality of targetshaving the same width.

l Vhile I have described my invention above in detail, I wish it to beunderstood that many changes may be made therein without departing fromthe spirit of my invention.

I claim:

1. In a device of the character described, a back stop for missilescomprising two members adapted to be located at an angle to each otherand having a bracing member extending between said first mentionedmembers and attached thereto by tenon joints, the two members beingattached together by a tenon joint, the holes of all of said firstmentioned tenon joints being inclined to their respective tongues so asto grip the latter.

2. In a device of the character described, a back stop for missilescomprising two members adapted to be located at an angle to each otherand having a bracing member extending between said first mentioned mem-15 bers and attached thereto by tenon joints,

the two members being attached together by a tenon joint, the holes ofall of said first mentioned tenon joints being inclined to theirrespective tongues so as to grip the i3 latter, the tongue of the tenonjoint of said two members having a notch in its side to receive theopposite member.

In a device of the character described,

the combination of side members secured together, a brace connecting thesame, and slots adapted to receive the edges of a target when restingagainst said brace, said slots being formed in said side members.

In a device of the character described, a back stop for missilescomprising two members located at an angle to each other and having abracing member extending between and attached to said members by tenonjoints, the two back stop members being connected by a tenon oint thetongue of which has a notci in its side, all the mentioned tenon tonguesextending beyond the surfaces of the members with which they areconnected.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand.

EDVARD A. LEFEBRE.

lYitnesses THEODORE LTEWHOFF, H. E. NOTEWARE.

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